Unusually shaped (Sitting Elephant) Jade SNUFF BOTTLE, 1740-1840

Snuff Bottles

$875

Material

by Bob C. Stevens

Color

page 116

Origin

Florida

Age / Period

United States,14 days returns. Buyer pays for return shipping. If you use an eBay shipping label

Dimensions

"Master Card"

Condition

Estate / Pre-owned

This is an unusual shaped Jade Snuff bottle in the form of a sitting Elephant with its trunk turned upwards. It has a variety of color skins towards the top of the elephant's body to include Russet over most of the top of its head and back, with splashes of light brown, beige, and black, over a white-gray ground. It was probably made during the period Qing Dinasty period, 1740-1840 when artisans were experimenting with making bottles in different shapes and forms, as illustrated in forms made in'The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles